Idea Development, Organization, and Coherence Evaluates the development of ideas, organization, and coherence in the opinion piece. | 4 pts | 3 pts | 2 pts | 1 pt | 0 pts |
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| Description | The student's response is a well-developed opinion piece that effectively examines a topic and supports a point of view, with reasons, clearly based on text as a stimulus. • Effectively introduces a topic and clearly states an opinion • Creates an effective organizational structure that logically groups the ideas and reasons to support the writer's purpose • Effectively develops the reasons that are supported by facts and details • Uses words, phrases, and clauses effectively to link opinion and reasons • Provides a strong concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. | The student's response is a complete opinion piece that examines a topic and supports a point of view based on text. • Introduces a topic and states an opinion • Provides some organizational structure to group ideas and reasons • Develops the topic and supports the opinion with facts and details • Uses some words, phrases, and clauses to link opinion and reasons • Provides a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. | The student's response is an incomplete or oversimplified opinion piece that examines a topic and partially supports a point of view based on text. • Attempts to introduce a topic and state an opinion • Attempts to provide an organizational structure to group reasons, but structure is inconsistent • Attempts to develop the topic and support the opinion with facts and details • Uses few words, phrases, or clauses to link opinion and reasons; connections are not always clear • Provides a weak concluding statement or section that may not be related to the opinion. | The student's response is a weak attempt to write an opinion piece that examines a topic and does not support a text-based point of view. • May not introduce a topic or state an opinion • May not have any organizational structure evident • May not develop the topic or support the opinion • May not use words or phrases to link opinion and reasons • Provides a minimal or no concluding statement or section. | The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive. |
Language Usage and Conventions Assesses the command of language usage and conventions in the response. | 3 pts | 2 pts | 1 pt | 0 pts |
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| Description | The student's response demonstrates full command of language usage and conventions. • Has clear and complete sentence structure, with appropriate range and variety • Shows command of language and its conventions when writing • Any errors in usage and conventions do not interfere with meaning. | The student's response demonstrates partial command of language usage and conventions. • Has complete sentences, with some variety • Shows some knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Has minor errors in usage and conventions with no significant effect on meaning. | The student's response demonstrates weak command of language usage and conventions. • Has fragments, run-ons, and/or other sentence structure errors • Shows little knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Has frequent errors in usage and conventions that interfere with meaning. | The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive. |
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